Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Good afternoon, mesdames, and welcome to our committee. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with us. For us, this is a very enriching and very informative about the subject we are currently addressing. Unfortunately, we have very little time. Otherwise, we could take a closer look at certain comments.
For example, Ms. Lebert, you said in your testimony that you had made some recommendations. But something troubled me a little when you talked about everything related to gender-based analysis. In fact you say that has been left out of foreign affairs documents; that is to say that it's no longer in them. I'm trying to understand. By removing that, they are diminishing the effort and disregarding everything that has been demanded for years in terms of parity, gender-based analysis and ways of implementing measures that will work well.
Similarly, you said, for example, with regard to voices and representation, that a larger number of women should not only take part in the consultations, but should also be in the field for training and prevention purposes. So that troubles me a little.
We talked about the action plan a little earlier. With regard to your recommendations and what you raised about understanding the unhealthy situation that currently prevails with regard to violence against women, did you perceive that the government was taking your recommendations into account in the action plan it is currently proposing?
From what we hear about the government's action plan, we get the impression that it's more a profession of faith than an action plan that would recommend implementing effective, sound measures that would have an impact. Obviously, that's very hard without funding. We all have dreams that are often borne by our imaginations, but we have to produce something in order to implement them.
I find that a bit unfortunate because, even now, in 2010, I get the impression that this aspect is being pushed aside and that no one wants to look at it. The further we move away from the field NGOs, the less we listen to them, even if we feel we are listening to them closely. We continue to close our eyes, and, in my opinion, impunity continues. I find it incredible that half of the planet is watching these strategies without implementing any measures to counter or change this male mentality.